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Scientists predict the maximum human lifespan – and suggest people will live to 130 within this century
UK Daily Mail ^ | 9/29/2021 | Victoria Allen Science

Posted on 09/29/2021 6:34:19 AM PDT by fruser1

The longest-lived person in history so far is Jeanne Calment, a chain-smoking French woman born in 1875 who died aged 122 years and 164 days in 1997.

However it may be possible to outlive her record, a study has found.

Researchers analysed the lifespans of more than 3,800 Italian 'semi-supercentenarians', who made it beyond the age of 105, and more than 9,800 people who achieved the same longevity in France.

They conclude that beyond the age of 110, when people with poor genes and terrible health have typically died off already, the chances of staying alive are roughly 50/50.


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Statistics, statistics, statistics.

Physicists don't actually know why gravity exists, but they do know a lot about how it works.

In the same manner of speaking, doctors don't actually know why a particular person succumbs to a disease when another similar person does not. They only have statistics for that.

So while they can say they see that people of a particular category are more likely to succumb to an illness, it's not like they can walk a line up of people in that group and point out which particular ones are going to die.

Keep this in mind for all things medical, especially during this covid craziness. There is a difference between risk and consequence that many have failed to recognize.

If someone jumps off a building, what happens to them when they hit the pavement is a consequence.

When it comes to getting sick from covid, it's a risk. It is a false belief that vaccination, masks, or what not, are a guarantee against illness.

1 posted on 09/29/2021 6:34:19 AM PDT by fruser1
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To: fruser1

Don’t want to live that long, thx.


2 posted on 09/29/2021 6:36:04 AM PDT by cranked
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No thank you.


3 posted on 09/29/2021 6:37:17 AM PDT by moovova (There will never be another fair presidential election in the USA.)
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Oh great..now we can live to 130 to be tormented by Democrats for an extra 50 years.


4 posted on 09/29/2021 6:37:24 AM PDT by BRK
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They conclude that beyond the age of 110, when people with poor genes and terrible health have typically died off already, the chances of staying alive are roughly 50/50.


Read that slowly and let your lips move....................


5 posted on 09/29/2021 6:38:27 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: fruser1

Ozymandias comes to mind...


6 posted on 09/29/2021 6:38:48 AM PDT by P.O.E.
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If I’m in perfect health? Sure. If not, forget it! ;)


7 posted on 09/29/2021 6:39:27 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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The longest-lived person in history so far is Jeanne Calment, a chain-smoking French woman born in 1875 who died aged 122 years and 164 days in 1997.

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There is strong evidence to suggest that Calment died in the 1930’s and her daughter Yvonne assumed her identity.


8 posted on 09/29/2021 6:39:40 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (I love my country. It's my government that I hate.)
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Statistics, statistics, statistics.


Statistics NEVER gives you an answer, at best it gives you another question.

Each and everyone one of us is unique. What are the odds of that happening?


9 posted on 09/29/2021 6:40:43 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: BRK

Exactly my thoughts. I guess I’ll live longer if I smoke my C-gars.


10 posted on 09/29/2021 6:40:44 AM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: P.O.E.

And then there’s Keith Richards…


11 posted on 09/29/2021 6:40:45 AM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: fruser1

Scientists can blow it out their ass. So can mostr Medical Doctors. Both have lost all credibility. Home remedies and Naturopathic Doctors is the way to go.


12 posted on 09/29/2021 6:42:07 AM PDT by albie
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but they will live, only if they take their booster shots every 5 months.


13 posted on 09/29/2021 6:42:13 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something)
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To: fruser1

Meanwhile, Social Security...


14 posted on 09/29/2021 6:42:36 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: All

15 posted on 09/29/2021 6:42:49 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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Democrats want us gone by 65, so what makes anybody think they’ll tolerate 130?


16 posted on 09/29/2021 6:43:59 AM PDT by albie
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To: fruser1

Fake president asswipe won’t see 79.


17 posted on 09/29/2021 6:45:38 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Cornpop was a good dude.)
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To: cranked

Don’t know if I have the beer money for that long.


18 posted on 09/29/2021 6:46:51 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs2
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Good thing he can’t count how many puddings that is.


19 posted on 09/29/2021 6:46:53 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Cornpop was a good dude.)
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20 posted on 09/29/2021 6:47:53 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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